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"Hats Off, Gentlemen – A Genius": Chopin at 200

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  chopin portrait

Engraved Portrait of Chopin
ca. 1846

chopin polonaise, op. 71, no. 3, manuscriptchopin polonaise, op. 71, no. 3, manuscript

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Polonaise in F Minor
Op. 71, no. 3
Manuscript, ca. 1828–29

 schumann allgemeine zeitschrift

Robert Schumann. Review of
Chopin’s variations on Mozart’s
“Là ci darem la mano,” Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, 1831
   
 

 
 

Ludwika Jędrzejewiczowa piano exercises Ludwika Jędrzejewiczowa piano exercises

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Manuscript copied by Chopin’s sister,
Ludwika Jędrzejewiczowa

spacer imageQuatre mazurkas pour le piano, Op. 24

Second concerto pour le piano , chopin, op. 21
 

 

spacer imageQuatre mazurkas pour le
piano, Op. 24
(Paris: Schlesinger,
[1835])

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Second concerto pour le piano
avec accompagnement de l’orchestre ou avec quintuor, Op. 21 (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1836])

     

 

 
  waltz op. 34 no. 2 chopin waltz op. 34 no. 2 chopin spacer imageballade pour le piano no. 2, in f major, chopin chopin, photograph l.a. bisson
 

white spaceWaltz, Op. 34, no. 2 from
Trois valses brillantes
 (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1838])

spacer imageBallade pour le piano
No. 2, in F major, Op. 38
 (Leipzig: Breitkopf &
Härtel, [1840])

Photograph of Chopin
by L.A. Bisson
1849
       
 

 




chopin Letter auguste franchomme

 

Thematisches Verzeichniss

 

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Hans von Bülow chopin new haven
 

Letter to unidentified
recipient
[Auguste Franchomme?]
April 1, 1849

Thematisches Verzeichniss
der im Druck erschienenen Composition von Friedrich Chopin (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1852])

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Franz Liszt
Life of Chopin
Translated by Martha Walker Cook (Boston: Oliver Ditson, [1863?])

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Concert Program
for a piano recital
by Hans von Bülow
New Haven
November 4, 1875
         
         
  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Funeral March “Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Funeral March” (from Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35)
(New York: Saalfield, [1882?])

Mazurka, Op. 33, no. 1, Francisco TárregaMazurka, Op. 33, no. 1, Francisco TárregaMazurka, Op. 33, no. 1, Francisco Tárrega

white spaceMazurka, Op. 33, no. 1, Arranged for guitar by
Francisco Tárrega, Manuscript, 1909
 

 
     
     
 

“I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” Harry Carroll and joseph mccarthy

Harry Carroll and Joseph McCarthy, “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” Based on Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66
([New York]: Miller Music, [1945?])

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Arrangement for Benny Goodman’s band
by Eddie Sauter, 1940

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white spaceHershy Kay, The Concert
Ballet based on various works of Chopin, 1956
 


       
       
  Marie Corelli and L. Emil Bach, “The Voice in the Cathedral” Marie Corelli and L. Emil Bach, “The Voice in the Cathedral” white spacePoland, postage stamp, Chopin  
 

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“The Voice in the Cathedral”
Based on Chopin’s Nocturne, Op. 9, no. 2

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Poland, 1970


  
         
 

Credits

Exhibit by Richard Boursy.
Web design by Remi Castonguay.
Special thanks to: Emily Ferrigno, Eva Heater, Angie Hurlbut, Suzanne Lovejoy, Christine McCarthy, and Richard Warren for their help with this exhibit.